1. What does it mean when a person is called a 'Benedict Arnold'?

Answer: He or she is a traitor.


2. Name the author and the title of the famous pamphlet urging the colonists to make a clean break with England.

Answer: Thomas Paine, Common Sense


3. Which battle of the American Revolution is considered to be a turning point in the war? It brought renewed vigor and French aid to the colonists.

Answer: Saratoga


4. I am an American statesman and diplomat. I negotiated for French aid and for the peace with Britain at the end of the war. I was also a scientist and inventor. Who am I?

Answer: Benjamin Franklin


5. What treaty ended the Revolutionary War?

Answer: Treaty of Paris of 1783


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